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Swamp california roads in a storm not seen since the 1990s. plus, president bidens mission to maui. the consoler in chief tries to bring comfort to a community all but wiped out in a wildfire. and a consequential week for donald trump. the former president set to surrender in charges to georgia and skip the first gop debate in wisconsin. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. im danny freeman. we begin this morning with something southern california hasnt experie...

Including military members of the coast guard, members of the u.s. army corps of engineers have been on the ground, billions of dollars already being disbursed to help residents there, but it will also be an opportunity for the president to display that signature empathy, that role of consoler in chief that has been a critical part of his political life and presidency. today the president will be able to tour some of the damage both from the air as he gets a helicopter tour of the island as he a...

Cnns pri sescilla alvarez. >> reporter: hell be going down with his own officials. the fema administrator will travel with the president as he sees the devastation firsthand. the president has been raegulary briefed since these wildfires ripped through maui and has been deploying federal assets to the islands to assist them in their recovery. this will be a moment for the president to see it all firsthand and to go into his consoler in chief mode. thats something weve seen many times when he has...

Rolling fork, mississippi, that town that was nearly a racist by a deadly tornado. just minutes ago, federal and state officials delivered an update on the ongoing emergency response and later the president will reaffirm his pledge to help rolling fork and nearby communities. rebuild cnns priscilla alvarez joins us now from rolling fork, priscilla we know that the president takes his role of consoler in chief. very seriously. how is that community feeling about his visit today? ive been speaking...

This past week, boris we saw the president touring there with the first lady. the images behind them, and that backdrop just speaks for itself, the damage that these storms cause and the impact that it had enough routing so many lives in taking lives as well. greece. yeah it really heartbreaking pictures from rolling for it in the surrounding areas. this was an ef four tornado that touched down and went for about 60 miles, destroying everything in its path, killing some two dozen people. and as ...

That, as you can see around me has been devastated, and he that he is hearing from firsthand. remember, this is a moment where the president where president biden really serves as consoler in chief, and he has slowly taken his time to get to the podium. to hear from folks. of course, though, bianna and boris this comes against the backdrop of the historic indictment of former president president donald trump, now president biden has declined to comment on the matter that is in line with the stra...

With safety. what was interesting is what the white house is describing, weve seen the mass shootings become too common in this country we have fema, that comes in and helps support local state governments when we have major events as a hurricane. theres no formulation for communities that experience mass shooting directing across the federal government, an effort to create a similar entity, when you have the tragic shooting in monterey park in addition to signing the executive order, the presid...

They shouldnt, but they do. working class joe ought to be in east palestine, because i think it will really send a message. i think its an important thing to do. im glad that biden went to ukraine, that was an amazing visit, but he can do both, and he should do both. >> mondaire, what do you think? you know, the question that i have is that joe biden really took that -- those blue wall states away from donald trump in the 2020 election. that was really the key to the whole thing, in many ways. o...

Could do to prevent more communities from going through this. >> the ntsb chair also said there is no evidence of a defect in the track and no evidence that the crew or engineer did anything wrong. bret? >> bret: mike tobin live in east palestine, mike, thank you. president bidens team meantime trying to blunt some of the criticism over what has been perceived by many lawmakers, conservatives especially, as the president prioritizing ukraine over the railway disaster in ohio. correspondent gilli...

Accomplishments, but the distraction to his message of this drip drip drip from the investigations is one from the house and one theyre wrestling with internally. they want to abide by their pledge to support the independence of the justice department, but theres a constant push and pull about what to disclose to try to stay ahead of the news here. >> youve talked about what the president is going to be doing in the next week. can we talk about what the vice president is going to be doing? we ju...